Dr.Juzzy Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 While away those long days whilst you wait for the demo: play Joe's Bridge Coming to a Scenario Depot near you! By the middle of August 1944 the combined weight of successive Allied operations intended to crack German resistance in Normandy were concluded. The scattered remnants of the German Seventh Army lay scattered across the fields and ditches, lanes and highways surrounding the goal of the Allied encirclement: Falaise. Despite futile attempts to stem the Allies rapid advance at the Rivers Seine and later the Somme, Germans forces fell back through France and on into Belgium and Holland. Sometimes able to advance up to fifty miles a day the British 2nd Army, spearheaded by the Guards Armoured Division, liberated Brussels on the 3rd September. On only the next day the great city-port of Antwerp fell to the 11th Armoured division. The end of the War appeared to be in sight But the rapid advance had taken its toll. Supplies remained short and battle fatigue casualties were running at an all time high. As 2nd Army approached the borders of the Reich, Field Marshall Montgomery reined in his divisions for a necessary rest and refit. The Guards armoured Division resumed its advance from the Beringen bridgehead on the 10th September. The advances of the previous weeks had been so great that the Guards had out-run their map coverage and this, coupled with the stiffening German resistance around the easily defended waterways of northern Belgium, slowed the rate advance to a more conservative pace. Advancing on a five-mile frontage the Guards pushed out the armoured cars of A Squadron, Second Houshold Cavalry in search of a crossing over the Escault Canal. Late that afternoon, Lt. Creswell’s Troop discovered an undefended road leading to a bridge not marked on their maps. Abandoning their Daimler and advancing on a couple of the local’s racing bicycles Lt. Creswell and Corporal-of-Horse Cutler approached the bridge via the canal bank. Sheltering on the roof of a nearby factory they observed the layout of the German defences around the sturdy wooden trestle bridge. Early that evening XXX Corps tasked the Grenadier Guards and the Irish Guards to were tasked to go for the bridge. With the Grenadier Guards held up by the stiff fighting on the main road, Lt. Colonel Joe Vandeleur with 3 Irish Guards (infantry) and 2 Irish Guards (tanks) led No. 1 squadron accompanied by the infantry of No. 2 Company into the vicinity of the bridge. Sheltering in the vicinity factory so recently vacated by Lt. Creswell, Colonel Joe laid his plans. He would have that bridge. Designer’s notes. This scenario is designed to provide a semi-historical setting in which new players can practice their combined light infantry and armour tactics against the AI. In the interests of playability, the number of British tanks available to Colonel Vandeleur been has reduced by about half whereas the German force has had its numbers and deployment ‘enhanced’. As usual, all historical personages are marked with an *. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Juzzy Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 Oh and forgive the typos and spelling mistakes. :eek: I'm a dreadful proof reader and I'm in an awful rush. Doh! Why was I born so ugly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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